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I wasn't there in 2007 but in 2009 it wasn't all that different from today tbh. That being said I was a lil shit at that time, so /shrug

Not sure if I can make it but I would love to!

RIP

3 days late but the bulb has been changed edit: @Ganzta

Congratulations everyone!

Grats everyone!

Grats all! Gl roux in your new role

Play on SG more again

Congrats!

Before IA I remember we threw back and forth the idea of "Server Manager", but it didn't make sense due to the diversity of the role. However, now that IA is a thing I think it would be good. Also, never understood why BD was named the way it was lol. Director makes sense.

Can confirm for the second piece, I have an i5 8600k but only a 1070ti and it still runs most games today on ultra settings

wtf

Congrats everyone best of luck!

Yep you remembered right lol, it had been like this in the past

eat dirt

Never really wanted to leave the team, life gets in the way. While it's still busy as ever, this place will always hold a place in my heart; looking forward to offering my thoughts and experience to the team in the ways that I am able.

you didnt even edit it in time to hide your edit changes. What the fuck have the BDs done to this place

Congrats everyone! Love you Mad Dogg love you greggy

yo add my vote for greggy pls he deserves it jk fuck you greggy

I agree with your example, however I don't see the forum aspect as having large enough a scope to deserve its own designation (below what IA does). Yes you can have people that will push and do "more", but there will come a point where someone will look to do much more and essentially cross their dotted-line. At that point, higher ups will say "this isn't in the role's responsibilities" and then a discussion will be had about whether the scope needs to be increased or the person promoted out of the rank. I suppose that in itself is a good path to promotion... but at that point you should question whether the CA role is even worth having if "good" candidates outgrow it quickly. If that's the case, then they should be pushed up to IA right away, unless you want to treat the CA rank as IA junior. If you want to do that, then cool - that's just how it needs to be communicated.

One thing I'd like to add to my thoughts is if it's agreed that having this role would be worth a shot, I think it would do its' intended purpose, but limited to a small amount of people. So I'm not against the concept of it. I'm not sure what my "perfect" view of the CA rank is/would be to best honest. I have seen it in so many iterations and we haven't really had one that was "perfect". I tend to like having more resources dedicated towards server work, but that rank is limited in access and server-based movement is tendered towards AT just based on how things work on a structural basis. I don't think there is enough work on the forums for 11 people to do the same amount, so congestion becomes a thing. It has to be a balance if you keep all of those responsibilities in one rank. I think there is still work to do to better flesh out and segment our responsibilities so you don't run into an issue where there's not enough to do within a rank's "bubble" - which is in part I think what is going on now. So, I really don't have a "smoking gun" answer for you. I've thought about this for a long time, and the results of that show with the division system we released over a year ago. However, it was really just Step 1; it is still a fact that our main ladder is A - SA - CA - AT - BD (more or less), and not much has been changed for those core ranks above SA. We've added more outside of it to cater to other talent (media, modding, (formerly) marketing), but you're right in that CA - and for me, AT as well - need a better format.

I agree with giving people an opportunity for learning and training, but I feel like if you were to split it out like this there wouldn't be many opportunities for someone to "shine" like they could as an SR (or even SA in some ways). If your core responsibilities involve "housekeeping duties" (which, from the above post, mostly is what it would be) then it would be extremely difficult to outperform those duties.. unless you pick up additional tasks, which may be hard to do if we clearly split the roles in two. It would probably become the case where people want to hold both ranks, and those people go forward while those just holding the CA rank are just "there". 2c

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I don't think there is enough work to do it like this, tbh. The frequency of the bolded items were quite low when I was on staff, save *maybe* for complaints. You wouldn't need more than two people in a CA rank if this were their core set of responsibilities.

Why do you think we made the division system originally? As for the topic at hand, eh we've done this before with a forum moderation rank but it didn't really end up working out. I have my own opinions on how I think/thought the CA rank should work, and there are ultimately merits for both systems. But I don't know if splitting another rank out like you have is the most effective idea; there isn't really any harm in trying though if you get the right talent, but I don't know how much of a value add it'll be.